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Synonyms for poverty
ˈpɒv ər tipover·ty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
poverty
Poverty denotes strictly lack of property or adequate means of support, but in common use is a relative term denoting any condition below that of easy, comfortable living; privation denotes a condition of painful lack of what is useful or desirable, tho not to the extent of absolute distress; indigence is lack of ordinary means of subsistence; destitution is lack of the comforts, and in part even of the necessaries of life; penury is especially cramping poverty, possibly not so sharp as destitution, but continuous, while that may be temporary; pauperism is such destitution as throws one upon organized public charity for support; beggary and mendicancy denote poverty that appeals for indiscriminate private charity.
Synonyms:
beggary, destitution, distress, indigence, mendicancy, need, pauperism, penury, privation, want
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
poverty
Synonyms:
want, need, indigence, destitution
Princeton's WordNet
poverty, poorness, impoverishmentnoun
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
Synonyms:
exiguity, leanness, impoverishment, pauperization, poorness, meagreness, meagerness, scantiness, pauperisation, scantnessAntonyms:
wealthiness, wealth
Dictionary of English Synonymes
povertynoun
Synonyms:
indigence, penury, want, destitution, need, necessity, privation, distress, straitened circumstances
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
povertynoun
Synonyms:
penury, indigence, need, destitution, privation, neediness, impecuniosity, pauperism, deficiency, paucity, infecundity, dearth, lack, meagerness, sterility, barrennessAssociated words:
impoverish, impoverishment
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "poverty":
poor, misery, pauvreté, pobreza, destitution, impoverishment, impoverished, indigent, deprivation, indigence, poorest, anti-poverty
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#1711 | poor | |
#3761 | poverty | |
#12669 | distress | |
#15487 | misery | |
#18364 | poorest | |
#19109 | deprivation | |
#30192 | impoverished | |
#35529 | indigent | |
#84828 | impoverishment | |
#95248 | destitution | |
#112192 | privation | |
#148290 | pobreza | |
#168469 | penury | |
#210874 | indigence | |
#216474 | leanness | |
#257159 | beggary | |
#316503 | pauperism |
How to use poverty in a sentence?
To end poverty, we must continue to expand our understanding of how to manage disasters and deploy this knowledge aggressively.
Last month, unemployment reached its lowest level in 51 years, 1.3 million children have been lifted out of poverty -- think of that. And, African-American, Hispanic AmericanandAsian American unemployment rates have reached the lowest levels in history. Our great Hispanic American population has reached a poverty level which is an all-time low in U.S. history. ... The median income for Hispanic Americans has surpassed $ 50,000 a year for the first time ever.
Poverty is associated with poor diet and less opportunity for physical activity which increases the risk for obesity and in turn for osteoarthritis.
Thirteen million children continue to live in poverty in spite of the economic growth that we have seen recently, and low unemployment, in those border states, its as many as one in five. So youre seeing a higher rate of poverty among children in those states.
I feel we are just going to continue on the same path we've been going along ... with ever more poverty, and the middle class being pulled lower.
Translations for poverty
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- فقرArabic
- бедната́Belarusian
- pobresaCatalan, Valencian
- puvertà, puvartàCorsican
- chudobaCzech
- ArmutGerman
- φτώχειαGreek
- malriĉecoEsperanto
- pauperismo, pobrezaSpanish
- vaesusEstonian
- فقرPersian
- köyhyys, puuteFinnish
- pauvretéFrench
- bochtaineachtIrish
- bochdainn, airc, truaigheScottish Gaelic
- pobrezaGalician
- દળદર, ગરીબાઈGujarati
- עוניHebrew
- ग़रीबीHindi
- nincstelenség, hiány, szegénység, nyomorúságHungarian
- povressaInterlingua
- kemiskinanIndonesian
- fátæktIcelandic
- povertàItalian
- 貧困, 貧乏, 欠乏Japanese
- 빈곤, 가난, 貧困Korean
- ههژاریKurdish
- paupertāsLatin
- skurdasLithuanian
- fattigdomNorwegian
- armoedeDutch
- fattigdomNorwegian Nynorsk
- téʼéʼį́Navajo, Navaho
- pauretatOccitan
- ubóstwo, biedaPolish
- pobrezaPortuguese
- paupertate, mizerie, sărăcieRomanian
- нищета, скудность, нужда, бедность, недостаток, нехваткаRussian
- siromáštvo, neimáština, òskudicaSerbo-Croatian
- chudoba, bieda, nedostatokSlovak
- fattigdomSwedish
- ufukaraSwahili
- வறுமைTamil
- బీదరికం, పేదరికంTelugu
- fakirlik, yoksullukTurkish
- біднота́Ukrainian
- غریبیUrdu
- nghèo nànVietnamese
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